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Originally Posted by Natalya
I know I said 50 miles in OP but it realistically probably needs 70 or 80 mile range my work commute is 24 miles 1 way, I'd be really pushing it at 50.
A helpful option I have is that my boss would totally be okay if I plugged in the car at work. I also live in the south so if there were a way to stick solar panels on the roof + hood to get maybe 1 or 2 extra miles worth of charge while it sits in the sun all day (our parking lot faces south) that'd be cool too.
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I always personally recommend people add at least 50% as a 'safety buffer'.
Cold batteries in winter will perform less .. old batteries will perform less .. and unexpected life things , etc.
Soo , if 80 miles ..
If can charge at work .. Need at least ~40 miles +50% = ~60 miles
If can't charge at work ~80 +50% = ~120 miles
If ~60Miles @ ~5m/kwh = ~12kwh usable .. if middle ~80% (avoid top / bottom 10% ) = ~15kwh battery.
If ~120Miles @ ~5m/kwh = ~24kwh usable .. if middle ~80% (avoid top/bottom 10% ) = ~30kwh battery.
Based on my (to date) measurements and experiments with solar on the insight .. the most one could probably expect to get from covering the whole gen1 Insight would be about ~5 Miles per day on yearly average .. more in longer summer day , shorter in winter days .. doable .. and that solar energy will beat on it anyway.
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Originally Posted by Natalya
This means I can play the long game waiting for good deals on stuff and doing things over and over again to improve on previous iterations.
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Sounds fantastic way to approach it.